VOCABULARY UNIT 1

VOCABULARY UNIT 1

1. Food verbs

   • GRILL: to cook something on a frame of metal bars (parrilla, parrillada)
   • BOIL: to cook by putting water that is boiling (hervir)
   • GRATE: to rub food against a grater in order to cut into a lot of small pieces (rallar)
   • MIX: to combine, the result can´t be easly to separate (mezclar)
   • ROAST: To cook food in an oven or over fire (asado)
   • CHOP: to cut something into small pieces with an sharp instrument (picar)
   • FRY: to cook food in hot oil or fat (freir)
   • BAKE: to cook inside an oven (hornear)
   • SLICE: a flat, often thin piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece (rebanar)

2. Food adjectives

   • SOUR: having an acid-like taste (agrio)
   • BITTER: strong flavor, the opposite of sweet (amargo)
   • SALTY: having a lot of salt (salado)
   • DISGUSTING: tasting or looking terrible (asqueroso)
   • SAVORY: spicy or salt and not sweet (sabroso)
   • SWEET: having a lot of sweet (dulce)
   • BLAND: hot, having a strong flavor (blando)
   • CRUNCHY: hard and makes a sound when you eat it (crugiente)
   • DELICIOUS: tasting very good (delicioso)
   • SPICY: having strong spices (picante)